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Hi Guys!
Already have a thread on here, but need your help and support.
I have the terrible feelings of impending doom, unable to cope, don't feel I will ever get better:(. You may think I am strong I got up this morning took the dogs out, managed to drag myself into work, but I don't want to tell anybody how bad I really feel as I am absolutely terrified that I will then let the anxiety and panic get worse.
I am on 20mg of Cit and have diazepam which I don't take as the feeling makes me more anxious, been taking Cit for a long time. Mornings are terrible I open my eyes and fear, dread and impending doom hit me, I am scared I am going crazy and that I will hurt somebody.
Jackie xx
hi Jackie,
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time anxiety is so very hard to deal with and that feeling of will I ever get better is very draining.
I understand your not wanting to admit to how you feel to others, I think it's a form of denial and when you admit to how you feel its like a pressure cooker being let off sort of.
Are you having therapy at all? I would suggest that knowledge can be very powerful in getting better. Learn everything you can about anxiety so you can find weakness in it.
There's quite a lot of info out there so just try what's suggested in the books/websites until you find something helpful then keep doing it.
Best wishes
X
Hi Hun
Thanks for your reply. I have downloaded CBT4 which I have been reading, I am also getting spikes of panic which I am trying to ride.
I keep telling myself that it will pass, but then I don't feel like it will and that I can't cope feeling like this for much longer:(
illgetthere
03-01-13, 13:38
Hi Jackie I know how you feel you ever read or listened to dr claire weaks self help gor your nervs ? She's very good I suffer terribly I dread going yo bed every night incase I don't wake up I always think something bad will happen everyday it's awful feeling I pray everyday it will go and I will get back to me I hope more then anything but I'm the opposite I told every1 in the hope some1 could help me I seek advice from every1 in my family mainly my elder sister who suffers the same only worse I always look to them and think I want to be you I want yo be any1 other then me sad I no here if you want to talk anytime x
You know you guys are gonna think I am crazy but now worried that I have Psycosis [thats spelt wrong]. Thinking about it I have been feeling like this for a while now, put it down to Xmas etc.
I don't want to go back to the Docs as don't want my Cit putting back up
Hi jackie you don't have Physcosis. If you did you wouldn't be asking if you had it. People with it have a different reality and to them everything is normal.
You have acute anxiety as do I. I'm starting to get a grip on mine now. Day 39 of fluoxetine and 3 therapy sessions in on my journey so far.
I have a much better understanding of therapy and negative thinking and cannot identify when I am doing negative thinning and am able to stop myself. Also just accepting its anxiety has reduced my symptoms quite a bit.
Having a bit of a bad day today though. Woke up at 3.30am and couldn't get back to sleep and have had really bad indigestion/trapped pressure feeling below my sternum all day. A few weeks ago I would have freaked out about this thinking it was a heart attack starting. Now I accept it for what it is but I still gets moments of fear and waves of panic.
Hang in there.
Hi Guys
Thanks Arnie for your reply. I think one of the worst fears for me is that nobody can help me and I cant understand the fact that this will pass, starting to feel depressed now:(
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